The Monkey Exhibit

The other day, Monday I believe, I was driving down the road wondering what, exactly, was the functional difference between “ubiquitous” and “pervasive.” Does anything like this ever happen to you?

Sometime late last week or earlier this week I was thinking about football. Probably because I’m reading a fantasy-football type book. Anyway, I tell people every once in a while that I still have 4 years of college eligibility left because I didn’t play in college. I realize that, at 30 years old, most football [...]

We meet every day I have so much I want to say Were I not so afraid I could tell you these things Your eyes, they envelop me I never know how much you see Had I the strength I could tell you these things When you smile, inside I smile too I wish I [...]

When you were little, did you ever play the Give Game? In this game you had to wrestle around and try to cause each other so much pain or discomfort that you got the other person to say “give”. This game vaulted my standings with the kids in my neighborhood. I was always too stubborn [...]

For the full story Read Part 1 first. Read Part 2 next. Read Part 3 next. “I’m rolling up to Becky’s house on my Sunday drive I have to laugh to myself ’cause it looks exactly like mine” –Chris Rice “Me and Becky” Inside the actual house, probably our favorite pastime was building blanket forts [...]

Read Part 1 first. Read Part 2 next. This is where I find my soul, Out where holy men of old first knelt in soil and thanked You for the rain. –Chris Rice “My Cathedral” Those are things that David and I did in the general area of the house, but how about adventures in [...]

Let me off and wander, Robin song and thunder, Surrounding me with stained glass leaves that change with every breeze. –Chris Rice “My Cathedral” Read Part 1 First As I mentioned before, the stream led to a pond. Eddington pond. This pond is where I could be found, at 2 years of age, out on [...]

Sweetest days of childhood, Playing in the deep woods, Stomping through the creek and feeling oh-so-much alive. –Chris Rice “My Cathedral” My cousin David and I spent much of our younger years outside playing. There were multiple different wooded areas around to play in, as well as a stream which eventually led to a large [...]

A while back I thought up the idea to explain why I was working at a people hospital when I had a Bachelor’s in Veterinary Science. Then Geof commented that he didn’t know I was going to be a supervisor in a department of the hospital. This clinched my resolve to fully (hopefully) explain myself. [...]

My mother and I are friends. She was young when she had me, too young to have a child really. When you are sixteen you should be enjoying high school…or at least trying not to make too many social blunders, depending on what type personality you have. We went out for Mother’s Day last night [...]

Here is a rare photo of Roger shortly after he was born. The doctors were a little nervous, but his mother insisted that he was adorable and that she was going to keep him (you can see her hands in the photo). As you can tell, Roger was already practicing for a job as a [...]

I like sugar. I like jelly beans, Swedish fish, orange slices and a big scoop of sugar in my cuppa. I like Starburst, Tootsie Rolls, and Dots. Sugar just tastes so good! I never get “junk tummy,” but after too much I start to get shaky. Then I have to back off. How about you? [...]

From blond to redhead to brunette (is there a masculine term for brunette? I don’t like the femininity…:) ). I say I was a dork because the picture looks a little dorky, but I was a little kid. It looks like a little kid picture: wear whatever mom dresses you in and don’t comb your [...]

I don’t really remember being a redhead…OK, I don’t remember being blond either. But the picture suggests I was a redhead at some point, probably a very short point. Why don’t I remember this? Do I have repressed memories? Was I ritually abused as a child? (I joke because I wasn’t; please don’t be offended [...]

Genes do amazing things, if you ask me. In this particular instance I’m talking about the fact that I started out blond. For the first couple of years of my life my hair was so light it looked like I didn’t have any. (I can show pictures of this, too, if you’d like). Then my [...]

Here is, chronologically, my fifth poem. If poetry is not your thing, please note I have commentary following. Waiting By myself through the days and the nights All alone when I look to the sky My friends all out late with their dates Love and life seem to just pass me by Like puppies they [...]

In one regard, that doesn’t shock me too much. I’m, pretty much, always happy at any job I do. However, this realization has come to surprise me a little. Here’s why: You know those conversations you have with your significant other: What would you do if we had a few million dollars? A part of [...]

It’s strange that, as Americans, we are always looking forward to the weekend. It almost seems something you have to do, whether you have restful weekends or not. Take my wife and I; we work a physical extra job a couple hours on Friday night and a couple hours on Saturday. This makes Friday the [...]

I like to cause people to react. I like to say things surprising, silly and/or stupid and watch people’s faces for their reaction. If I do not get a reaction, then I have failed and I feel the need to try again, or to point out to them that they were supposed to react to [...]

Here’s something I began writing…well over a year ago. I meant to go further, but never got back to it. It’s complete enough as is. Here’s my reasoning for listening to Contemporary Christian Music (CCM): 1) I like the sound of the music. The music appeals to me. I like band music and some solo [...]